Mumbai Indians - Snatching Defeat from Victory
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians - 21st May 2008
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Robin Uthappa used to be one of my favorite cricketers. Used to be, that is! But when you run out Sachin Tendulkar, and that too in a situation when he was single handedly going to win the game for your team, well, the loyalties are bound to wither.
Having committed the most punishable offence in blogging : inactivity, I am feeling a certain amount of guilt but the emphasis is always to bring quality rather than quantity, and so it will be. Apologies, nonetheless.
Coming back to the match, Mumbai Indians, needing 190 to win, were cruising at 159/4 in the 17th over when Mr Robin hoodless Uthappa got the great man run out. Of course it was not his fault. These things happen in cricket. YEAH RIGHT! Sometimes it feels like to hell with journalistic neutrality these days. Here’s how Cricinfo described this wicket.
“Pathan to Uthappa, OUT, Do we have a game here? Uthappa rocks back and softly tucks it towards mid wicket, they set off for the run but Tendulkar is sent back after Pathan runs forward and gathers the ball quickly, he takes aim and strikes the stumps down with Tendulkar yards outside his crease”
What followed was a story of non-application with 4 run outs and two schoolboy shots made Mumbai lose the match by one run. ONE RUN!
Sach Is Life. All hail the great man’s 46 ball 65. So near yet so far. It is getting tougher for Mumbai to qualify now. I would soon be coming up with an analysis of every team’s chances in the IPL now.
Current Certainties:
- Royals Qualified for Semis
- Royal Challengers and Chargers OUT
Later
Photo : Newscom
Tags: IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Robin Utthapa, SachinRelated Stories
POSTED IN: IPL
2 opinions for Mumbai Indians - Snatching Defeat from Victory
Chintan
May 22, 2008 at 6:41 am
I agree with you..Uthappa was an utter failure yestersay. He dropped an all imp catch in the beginning of the match and failed with his bat too….What more he could have allowed Sachin to complete his run and should have got himself out. But I guess the other factors that added to Mumbai’s defeat was the last over to Nehra and no over to Jaisurya (The Kings were anyways thrashing the rest of the bowlers)
Current IPL Standings and Interesting What-ifs
May 22, 2008 at 3:26 pm
[…] promised that I would come up with a detailed analysis of the possibilities in the IPL as of now. I am only considering the five teams which are already not out and which are already not […]
Have an opinion? Leave a comment: